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Justice Rising
by Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center
What if conversations had the power to transform society? Justice Rising, a new podcast created by the Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center, is setting out to do just that! In each episode, we will highlight people and organizations doing justice work by exploring a central question: How can we bring about healing, liberation, and transformation in our church, our world, ourselves, and our communities?
Episodes
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Nothing Less of a Culture Change with Angela Howard-McParland
Cecilia has an impactful discussion with Angela Howard-McParland, the Justice Resource Manager for Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. The sisters are part of Nuns Against Gun Violence, a coalition of Catholic Sisters and their allies that affirms the value of human life through prayer, education,...
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Transformed People Transform Communities with Rev. Kristin Joyner
Continuing the topic of homelessness and housing security, Cecilia has an energized and uplifting conversation with Rev. Kristin Joyner, Pastor of Community Engagement at Bothell United Methodist Church in Bothell, WA. Kristin shares the story of how her congregation's roots in community...
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Planting Seeds for the New Creation with Angel Mortel
Cecilia interviews Angel Mortel, Lead Community Organizer with LA Voice, about her journey into community organizing. Angel shares her recent experience organizing within the PICO CA Home is Sacred campaign, which ensures that all people have a dignified place to call home. Reflecting on her many...
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Organizing as Repair and Restoration with AC Churchill
In this episode, Cecilia delves into environmental justice with guest Rev. AC Churchill. AC is an ordained minister within the Christian tradition who views the work of environmental justice to be intrinsically connected to anti-racism and pro-reconciliation work. Throughout the conversation, AC...
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Be Creative and Continue the Culture with Julian Matthews
Cecilia interviews Julian Matthews, who is a Board Member and Coordinator for Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment, an organization that carries on time-honored sustainable environmental practices in the tradition of the Nimiipuu by facilitating and organizing tribal youth and adults in activities...
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It’s Ok to be Angry with Sr. Cheryl Liske, OP
Cecilia interviews Sr. Cheryl Liske, OP, who has spent over three decades organizing as part of the Gamliel National Network. As a Dominican Sister of Adrian Michigan, Sister Cheryl shares stories and insights from her many years of organizing, which all speak to the importance of taking the time...
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Continue Pushing that Passion with the Youth Action Team Interns
In this episode, Cecilia speaks with Alex, Sydney, and Pavithra, members of IPJC’s Youth Advisory Team Internship, also known as YATI and with Sarah Pericich-Lopez, who is IPJC’s faith communities organizer who organizes the team. We often hear that the youth are the future, but this conversation...
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Organizing Like Our Lives Depend On It with Ana Garcia-Ashley
In this episode, Cecilia had the opportunity to have a very inspiring conversation with Ana Garcia-Ashley, who is Executive Director of the Gamaliel Foundation. Ana shares the story of her amazing journey in organizing, which is something that she considers to be life long and part of her…
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Bridging Faith, Organizing, and International Solidarity with Jessica Valdez
In this episode, Cecilia gets to know Jessica Valdez, who organizes with the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) in Seattle. Jessica shares how organizing around issues in the Philippines helped her to reconnect with her identity as a Filipina in the diaspora,...
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The Power of Meaningful Encounters with Ogechi Akalegbere
In this episode, Cecilia had the pleasure of speaking with a dear friend and fellow organizer, Ogechi Akalegbere. Ogechi is a Nigerian-American living in Gaithersburg, Maryland where she works as the Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in the Archdiocese...
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Catholic Social Teaching, Organizing, and Synodality with Austen Ivereigh
For the first episode of season 4, we share a recording from the Prophetic Communities conference held at the University of San Francisco in early February. In the first part of the episode, you will hear from Austen Ivereigh, Pope Francis’ biographer, as he shares his thoughts on Catholic Social...
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Welcome to Season 4!
Intro: We’re super excited to launch season 4 of the Justice Rising podcast. We hope you enjoyed the last season as we explored the intersection of faith, justice, and culture. For this season we will be digging into the work of faith-based community organizing! In early February, IPJC…
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No less Christian, no less Hawaiian with Dallas Carter
This season of Justice Rising guests were invited to reflect on the intersection of culture and justice from the perspective of their unique identities. For the last episode of the season, Hawaiian Native Dallas Carter shares the largely unheard history of how the Kingdom of Hawai’i was…
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A Sense of Wholeness with Rudy Dehaney
We close out November reflecting on Black Catholic History Month with Rudy Dehaney. Rudy is a Baltimore native who has held many ministerial roles working with youth and young adults. In his current work, he serves as the Director of the Faith Formation Center for the Northeast Catholic Community...
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Native Joy as Resistance with Kirby Hoberg
We kick off November celebrating Native American Heritage Month, and Cecilia spends time in conversation with Kirby Hoberg, a working film and theater actor, singer, dancer, and playwright who is white, Native (Ponca of Oklahoma), and Catholic. She acknowledges the importance of educating oneself...
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A Filipina’s Vision for an Authentic Church with Lauralyn Solano
In celebration of Filipino American History Month, Cecilia holds space for her Ate, or big sister, Lauralyn Solano, to share her story of growing up as the daughter of Filipino immigrants. Immersed at the intersection of faith and justice as a lay ecclesial minister, Lauralyn shares how she...
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I Am Community with Giselle Cárcamo
What does it mean to be community? In celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, Cecilia spends time with Giselle Cárcamo, proud peruana and community leader. Giselle is a social justice advocator who coordinates the Justice for Women program at IPJC, she is also an adjunct faculty at the University…
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Meet Justice Rising’s New Host & Producer Cecilia Flores!
Meet Justice Rising’s new Host and Producer, Cecilia Flores! In this episode, The Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center’s (IPJC) Executive Director, Will Rutt interviews Cecilia. Cecilia shares about her experience working at the intersection between faith and justice, her cultural background…
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Catholic Climate Advocacy with Anna Robertson, Anna Johnson, Emily Burke & Teresa Tsosie (Season 2 with Samantha Yanity)
How can the Catholic Church fight for climate justice and embrace the voice of young people in this work? On this week’s episode, host Samantha Yanity sits down with four young women working for environmental justice. Samantha, Anna R., Emily, Teresa and Anna J.* discuss the impacts of...
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Protecting Sacred Water with Luke Henkel (Season 2 with Samantha Yanity)
How can we as people of faith be water protectors and land preservers? On this week episode, Samantha sits down with environmental activist Luke Henkel, to discuss his experience with the movement to stop Line 3 and his broader work on environmental justice. They consider ways that people of…
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The Universality of God with Rev. Dr. Mark Bozzuti-Jones (Season 2 with Samantha Yanity)
What if the Church became a space of mutuality, a sense of community, and experience God’s unending love? On this week episode, Samantha sits down with Rev. Dr. Mark Bozzuti-Jones, to close out this three-part Lenten series on iconography exploring these themes and how sacred imagery can help us...
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Communal Prayer with Kelly Latimore (Season 2 with Samantha Yanity)
What would happen if our Lenten practice invited us to transform the way we see ourselves and the church? What if we stepped into the doors of the church and were able to see ourselves and our neighbors in the pews next to us depicted in its sacred icons? On part two of our three-part Lenten...
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Modern Day Saints with Gracie Morbitzer (Season 2 with Samantha Yanity)
What would the Church look like if we could see ourselves represented in sacred art? On this week’s episode, Samantha sits down with Gracie Morbitzer of Modern Saints to kick off our three-part Lenten series on iconography, as she shares about her work creating icons that remind us of ourselves....
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Transformative Justice with Gilda Sheppard (Season 2 with Samantha Yanity)
What is transformative justice? How do come to a place of personal and societal healing? These are some of the questions Samantha unpacks with award-winning filmmaker Dr. Gilda Sheppard. Dr. Sheppard has screened her documentaries throughout the United States, and internationally in Ghana, West...
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Mercy from the Cells with Jennifer Kelly (Season 1 with Samantha Yanity)
What does it look like to live out God's mercy? And, how do we extend that mercy to and from the prison cells? On this week’s episode, Samantha sits down with Jennifer Kelly, the founder and Director of Jesuit Restorative Justice Initiative Northwest (JRJINW), a work of Jesuits West Province.
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Love on the Border with Tracey Horan, SP (Season 1 with Samantha Yanity)
It seems, at times, that there is no humanity on the border, but Tracey Horan, SP from Kino Border Initiative, shows everyone that God’s love abounds even in the face of injustice. On this week’s episode, Samantha sits down with Tracey Horan, SP as she discusses Title 42 and the cruelty that she...
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Charity vs Justice with Crystal Cardona (Season 1 with Samantha Yanity)
What is the difference between charity and justice? Sometimes, in our earnest attempt to pursue acts of justice, we might lose sight of what accompaniment should look like. On this week’s episode, Samantha sits down with Crystal Cardona, who serves as the Campus Minister for Outreach and Justice...
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The Spirituality of Organizing with Michael Alcantara (Season 1 with Samantha Yanity)
Community organizer or rabble rouser? Peacebuilder or troublemaker? Community organizer, Michael Alcantara has taken some heat for his organizing efforts, but that hasn’t stopped him from pursuing justice for the sake of restoring human dignity to his Filipino siblings. Samantha and Michael sit...
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Finding Our Purpose with Dr. Patrick Reyes (Season 1 with Samantha Yanity)
What would the world look like if every person was given a chance to find their true purpose in life? Samantha sits down with Dr. Patrick B. Reyes the author of the bestselling book The Purpose Gap: Empowering Communities of Color to Find Meaning and Thrive, to discuss how decentering and...
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Education Equity with Marcos Gonzales (Season 1 with Samantha Yanity)
How can we reimagine our education system to make it more equitable, just, and inclusive? Samantha sits down Marcos Gonzales, the Director of Trauma-Informed Education at Chicago Jesuit Academy, to dream of a better system for our students and educators.
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What if conversations had the power to transform society? Justice Rising, a new podcast created by the Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center, is setting out to do just that! In each episode, we will highlight people and organizations doing justice work by exploring a central question: How can we bring about healing, liberation, and transformation in our church, our world, ourselves, and our communities?
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